The Miracle of Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is the Swiss Army Knife of food; it does everything. Even more amazing, it’s a wonder on the outside of the body, too.
Let me simply list many of the wondrous charms of this medium-chain saturated fat.
Inside the body, coconut oil:
Outside the body, coconut oil:
One doctor, Bruce Fife ND, has testimonials from people whose thyroids have been restored to good function through adding coconut oil to their diet.
Another doctor, Mary Newport MD, markedly improved her husband’s Alzheimer’s symptoms by adding coconut oil to his diet. It works through ketones, so it would probably do good things for people with MS, Lou Gehrig’s, Huntington’s and both forms of diabetes.
Coconut oil and breast milk both contain a ton of lauric acid, a very good and nourishing thing. The adult equivalent of lauric acid that a nursing baby would get is 3.5 tablespoons a day.
While recommended amounts vary, two teaspoons seems to be a minimum. There is no upper limit, so experiment to find what works best for you.
To get two teaspoons of coconut oil a day:
You’ll find raw organic coconut oil recommended the most. My taste buds find that it makes everything taste like coconut, which is never my plan for scrambled eggs.
But if you like the taste of coconut, go for it. You can get raw organic coconut oil at health food stores. I keep raw coconut oil in the bathroom for my skin, nails and hair.
For eating, I prefer non-hydrogenated, expeller-pressed (processed with low heat) coconut oil. It has the same benefits, but no significant taste. I get mine at the grocery store. I put it in just about everything.
And coconut oil also contains Vitamin K, the next vitamin rock star.
What’s not to like? Try both kinds.
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August 18th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Please define “cooties”. Thanks.
August 18th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Cooties, at least that’s what they were called where I grew up, are head lice.
September 12th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I take Armour, too, Dory. And I talk about thyroid and all the other endocrine problems in my ezine, Too Pooped To Participate. Check it out at http://TooPoopedToParticipate.com